Etiology and Epidemiology of CLL

Abstract

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is an indolent disease resulting from an accumulation of CD5-positive neoplastic B-cells characterized by a low rate of proliferation. Despite CLL accounting for approximately 25 % of all leukemia and being the most common form of lymphoid malignancy in Western countries [1], our understanding of its biological basis is only starting to be unraveled.

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